From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Chong Yidong Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#9402: list-colors-display Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2011 12:17:55 -0400 Message-ID: <87wrdt1rnw.fsf@stupidchicken.com> References: <87obz83v0x.fsf@mail.jurta.org> <838vqcf086.fsf@gnu.org> <834o0yg5cm.fsf@gnu.org> <8762ldvs89.fsf@mail.jurta.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1314807542 2720 80.91.229.12 (31 Aug 2011 16:19:02 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2011 16:19:02 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 9402@debbugs.gnu.org To: Eli Zaretskii Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Aug 31 18:18:57 2011 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([140.186.70.17]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1QynV7-0002xt-6q for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 31 Aug 2011 18:18:53 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:41969 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QynV6-0001uh-Ki for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 31 Aug 2011 12:18:52 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:38514) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QynV4-0001uc-5n for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 31 Aug 2011 12:18:51 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QynV3-00024Y-4D for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 31 Aug 2011 12:18:50 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:40224) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QynV3-00024M-0Q for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 31 Aug 2011 12:18:49 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1QynYA-0004rF-5C; Wed, 31 Aug 2011 12:22:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Chong Yidong Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-To: owner@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2011 16:22:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 9402 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 9402-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B9402.131480767418620 (code B ref 9402); Wed, 31 Aug 2011 16:22:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 9402) by debbugs.gnu.org; 31 Aug 2011 16:21:14 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1QynXO-0004qH-0l for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 31 Aug 2011 12:21:14 -0400 Original-Received: from vm-emlprdomr-06.its.yale.edu ([130.132.50.147]) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1QynXL-0004q6-Ow for 9402@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 31 Aug 2011 12:21:12 -0400 Original-Received: from furball (dhcp-128-36-14-41.central.yale.edu [128.36.14.41]) (authenticated bits=0) by vm-emlprdomr-06.its.yale.edu (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id p7VGHtSt020711 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA bits=128 verify=NOT); Wed, 31 Aug 2011 12:17:56 -0400 In-Reply-To: (Eli Zaretskii's message of "Wed, 31 Aug 2011 06:57:35 -0400") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.0.50 (gnu/linux) X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.71 on 130.132.50.147 X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list Resent-Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2011 12:22:02 -0400 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 1) X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:50481 Archived-At: Eli Zaretskii writes: >> Another question is why the face definition of `region' has >> platform-specific colors for GTK and NS, but not for Windows. > > I would actually turn the table and ask why the heck do we have > system-specific defaults for GTK and NS. I thought Emacs was supposed > to behave the same on all platforms, except where it's impossible. In this case, the behavior is "use the system default" ;-) FWIW, I am also ambivalent about this feature. The system selection color can clash with the default Emacs foreground/background color, unless those colors are also taken from the system (which AFAIK it is not).